Hospitalisations with infections related to antimicrobial-resistant bacteria from the French nationwide hospital discharge database, 2016.

ABSTRACT: Massive use of antibiotics has led to increased bacterial resistance to these drugs, making infections more difficult to treat. Few studies have assessed the overall antimicrobial resistance (AMR) burden, and there is a paucity of comprehensive data to inform health policies. This study aims to assess the overall annual incident number of hospitalised patients with AMR infection in France, using the National Hospital Discharge database. All incident hospitalisations with acute infections in 2016 were extracted. Infections which could be linked with an infecting microorganism were first analysed. Then, an extrapolation of bacterial species and resistance status was performed, according to age class, gender and infection site to estimate the total number of AMR cases. Resistant bacteria caus

SUBMITTER: Opatowski M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6518510 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature